Flaw in OSX Video Viewing?!

[umdjb]

Does anyone notice this when you are trying to view a video feed from a website the video slows down and becomes choppy when you are viewing another application. For example I went to Youtube.com and was watching some old Chapelle Show clips and when I was checking my email I notice the video become slower. This is not an issue in Windows. I was wondering if someone can explain this to me. At first I thought it was OS X optimizing itself but this just doesnt seem to make sense.

Thanks!

 

[LeeTom]

Safari throttles down CPU power to flash plugins that aren't in the foremost window. Firefox won't do this, if it bothers you.

 

[gekko513]

I haven't noticed it but you're right. I think it's a feature of Safari to reduce the CPU load of flash content running in background windows.